After Shenzhou blocked Goa, he gave the Portuguese only one day to consider, either to open the city to surrender the next morning, or to wait for him to bombard the city of Goa. As a result, his tough order made Goa

The city fell into desperate chaos. Fortunately, Vasco da Gama sent out the few thousand soldiers remaining in the city to suppress it, and Goa was prevented from falling into civil strife.

The night passed quickly. After a restful night in the cabin, Shenzhou woke up again. After washing his face with cold water, he came to the deck in high spirits again. Now the eastern sky has just turned white, and the distance is far away.

There wasn't much time before dawn, so Shenzhou picked up a telescope and looked at the city of Goa not far away, and found that there was no sign of surrender on the city.

"Pass this general's order, all warships prepare for bombardment!" Shenzhou put down his telescope and immediately ordered. He knew that the Portuguese would not surrender so easily. On the one hand, these Portuguese were unwilling to fail, and on the other hand, because

After the Portuguese were captured last time, those prisoners have not been released until now. Therefore, the Portuguese were worried that they would suffer the same consequences after being captured, so they were prepared to fight to the end.

As Shenzhou's order was conveyed by the flag bearer on the flagship, the twenty-four subordinate warships were quickly prepared. One after another, they crossed the hull, and the artillery on the side of the hull were all aimed at the results.

In the direction of Acheng, as long as Shenzhou gives an order, what follows is a scene of thousands of cannons firing. At the same time, the fleet

The Marine Corps to which they belong is also well prepared. Small boats for assault are lowered one by one. The tough-looking Marines all have murderous looks on their faces. They have been holding back at sea for so long, and they could only watch before.

I was performing with my brothers in the navy. Now I finally got the chance to show off my skills.

As time passed, the sun in the east finally rose slowly. However, the city of Goa in the distance still showed no signs of surrender. Instead, there were many more defensive soldiers on the city, which made Shen Zhou couldn't help but snort.

With a sound, he raised his right hand high and then put it down heavily and said: "Fire!"

"Boom~boom~boom..." Following Shenzhou's order, thunderous cannon sounds immediately sounded on the sea. Rows of cannonballs were shot out from the black muzzles with thick smoke, and they hit each other in the blink of an eye.

On the solid city wall, stone debris flew everywhere for a while. Some cannonballs even fell directly on the city top, and the splashed gravel caused many casualties to the Portuguese soldiers on the city top.

When the Portuguese built the city of Goa, in addition to considering commercial purposes, the most important thing was its protective performance, so the city walls were built extremely solidly. This was Vasco da Gama's last resort. But the Portuguese never thought about it at that time.

His own navy would be defeated, so he

When they considered the defensive performance of Goa, they mainly considered what to do if they encountered enemies on land. Therefore, the city of Goa was extremely close to the sea. Even at that time, they considered that if the enemies on land were too strong, then they would still

Can provide fire support to Goa with Portuguese warships on the sea.

It cannot be said that there was something wrong with the designers of Goa City. At that time, all the Portuguese believed that their country's navy was invincible, so when they designed the city's defenses, they naturally rarely considered the enemy's attack from the sea. It is precisely because of this that it resulted in

The fleet led by Shenzhou was able to bombard the city wall of Goa directly from the sea, and for a time the defenders on the city were unable to raise their heads.

The artillery on the top of the Goa city counterattacked a few times at first, but every time the artillery on the city head was fired, it immediately attracted a concentrated bombardment by the Ming fleet until the artillery on the city head was blown up. As a result, the battle ended without a fight.

By one hour, there were not many artillery pieces left on the city of Goa, and they could no longer pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty's fleet.

While the two sides were engaged in an artillery battle, the assault boats under the Ming warships also began to rush towards the deserted beach next to Goa Port. The Portuguese only had a few thousand soldiers left, and the defense of Goa seemed insufficient, so there was no

Ability to send soldiers to prevent Ming's army from landing.

Shenzhou brought 3,000 marines this time, and now they have all landed. At this time, the artillery on the city of Goa has been cleared by Ming warships. There is almost nothing on the city that can threaten them.

It was safe. In addition, the small boat behind also brought some siege equipment from the battleship, such as a thing called a turtle car.

The so-called turtle car, as the name suggests, is a car similar to a turtle shell. The bottom is empty, allowing soldiers to hide. When attacking a city, the soldiers below push the car. There is no need to worry about the bows and muskets on the head. When the car is pushed,

When they get to the city wall or city gate, the soldiers under the car will drill holes in the city wall, then stuff gunpowder into it, light the fuse and then leave, which can be used to blow up the city wall and city gate.

Goa faces the sea on one side and the Zua River on the other. Because they did not consider the enemy coming from the sea before, they dug moats on the other two sides. However, no moats were dug under the walls of these two sides. As a result, the navy and land forces were

The soldiers of the team can directly push the turtle car under the city wall and easily dig holes to bury the gunpowder.

"Boom, boom, boom~" As several turtle-shell vehicles left, a series of explosions occurred under the Goa city wall. Although the Goa city wall was built very solidly, the Marines filled it with more gunpowder, so the

A large crater as high as a person was blasted into the city wall of Goa, but the crater was relatively shallow and did not damage the main body of the city wall.

However, the Marines did not expect to be able to blow up the city wall in one go, so they pushed the turtle car forward again and repeated the previous actions. Although the Portuguese soldiers on the top of the city wanted to stop the Ming soldiers below from blowing up the city wall, they

Helplessly, the Ming warships on the sea kept firing, suppressing them on the top of the city and unable to raise their heads. They didn't even have time to shoot downwards with their muskets, let alone throw huge rocks downwards to hit the turtle-shell chariots.

After nearly ten days of continuous blasting, finally a section of the city wall could no longer hold its own and collapsed with an explosion, resulting in a collapse several feet long. As for the original defenders above, they had all been buried under the earth and rocks.

Very few people in the pile can survive.

Seeing that the gap was opened, the Marines did not rush in all at once, but instead retreated again. As a result, the warships on the sea fired thousands of guns at the gap, and countless shells were concentrated near the gap. As a result, the gap was completely destroyed.

It expanded again, and also allowed the surrounding Portuguese soldiers to escape further.

It wasn't until the intensive bombardment on the battleships stopped that the Marines let out a scream, and then rushed into Goa City through the gap with their muskets drawn. Any creature standing on two feet would be attacked by them.

Musket shooting, after all, war never tolerates any mercy. For the Marines who rush into the city, any creature in the city may be their enemy, so there must be no mercy.

There were not many troops in Goa. They had to defend the city wall before, but they were all scattered. Now that the city wall was blown open, the Portuguese soldiers on the city couldn't gather for a while. As a result, they could only gather some soldiers nearby to resist.

, but unfortunately, the marines they encountered were all the elite of the Ming Dynasty. They not only had sharp muskets, but also had very strong close combat capabilities, so those small groups of Portuguese soldiers could not hold out for long when resisting.

After the Marines rushed into Goa, Shenzhou also immediately organized a naval landing in the fleet. Although the Marines were elite, they were too small in number. It was no problem to use them to open the gap, but if they wanted to completely occupy Goa, they would have to rely solely on

They definitely can't do it with the few people they have, and they have to use the manpower from the navy.

Navy soldiers are not only good at operating ships and firing cannons, they are also elite warriors when they pick up muskets. Zhou Zhong spent so much manpower, material and financial resources to build the Nanyang Fleet in order to build a world-class navy. This

The navy should not only be able to compete with the enemy on the sea, but also be able to go ashore. After all, the navy at this time is actually synonymous with bandits. If it cannot go ashore, how can it rob wealth from all over the world?

Following Shenzhou's order, some naval soldiers were soon separated from each warship. Under the leadership of various generals, these soldiers rushed to Goa City again in small boats. After they gathered on the beach,

Immediately follow the footsteps of the Marines and rush into Goa. As a result, the addition of their new force finally robbed the already disadvantaged Portuguese of their will to resist, and many Portuguese soldiers began to lay down their weapons and surrender.

As more and more Portuguese soldiers surrendered, the resistance in the city of Goa became weaker and weaker. In the end, except for a few soldiers who resisted and were killed, most of the other soldiers chose to surrender. As for the Portuguese residents in the city,

All of them stayed at home honestly. The timid ones just got under the covers and shivered, while the brave ones only dared to crawl quietly through the crack in the door and look outside, with a look of horror in their eyes.

For those ordinary Portuguese residents, Ming soldiers did not have time to pay attention to them. After all, they had only breached the city wall, but there was still a strong fortress in Goa that had not been breached, and that was the city lord's palace where Vasco da Gama lived.

Speaking of which, Europeans have been at war all year round, so almost all the cities they live in serve the war. This habit has been deeply ingrained in their bones. It was not until the first industrial revolution that they changed it.

Problems have arisen, and urban planning has become haphazard.

However, the current city of Goa is still a traditional European fortress. In addition to the outer city walls, the city's main palace is also a small war fortress. In the city's main palace, there is not only a separate garrison, but also an armory and a grain warehouse.
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